Little-known caregiver program in NYC gets $6.2M boost – as number of aging seniors expected to boom: ‘At a pressure point’

Cătălin Roșioru

Even caregivers need a little love. A program to support the city’s “invisible labor force” is getting millions in new money to bolster a Big Apple population over 60 that is expected to explode over the next few years, Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday. The city’s Department for the Aging caregiver program will get a $6.2 million infusion, increasing the program’s budget to $15 million — as part of Adams’ November 2025 financial plan, one of several annual updates to the 2026 city budget. The